Corset.



M. L. E. SCUDDER.

CORSET.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 15, 1909.

1,018, 1 359 Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

2 WITNESSES: 4

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

MARY L. E. SCUDDER, OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA.

CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1909.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 490,081.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY L. E. Sermons, of IVayne township, county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and usefulCorset; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of corsets,especially at the upper and lower ends thereof, for the better holdingin place of the flesh and parts of the body at said points of thecorset, and also for the strengthening and holding in position the endsof the corsets to prevent them from breaking. WVhen ordinary corsets areworn by fleshy people, the stays at the upper end of the corsets arebroken down by the lateral pressure of the body thereon, and also thebody projects over or overflows the upper end of the corset. Likewise,the ordinary corset crowds down the abdomen in an unnatural andunhealthy position.

My invention is for the purposeof overcoming the above difliculties.

In my improved corset the flesh is held in at the top of the corset andalso the corset there is braced, and at the lower end the abdomen issupported and the corset at that point is also braced. The attachment Iprovide also conceals the hard upper edge of the corset that makes adisfiguring line on a slight person.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved corset.Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a modified form of thebinding strip at the upper end of the corset, one end being broken away.Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the binding strip andabdominal support at the lower end of the corset.

10 represents a corset of the usual type having at its lower end hosesupporters 11.

Abinding strip 12 is added to the corset at the upper end thereof, andextends along the front and sides and is stitched thereto at 13, orotherwise secured in place. This binding strip projects above the endand is formed of two halves separated in front and laced together by thelacing 15. The lacing draws in the halves or parts of said. bindingstrip and holds the flesh above the corset in place and keeps it fromoverflowing, and

also keeps it from breaking down the stays.

This addition to the upper end of the corset lmproves the form of thebody of a fleshy person and holds the flesh in the desired' position andsupports the same and conceals the hard edge of the upper end of thecorset. A binding strip 20 is likewise secured to the front and sideportions of the corset at the lower end, not only for the same purposeas the upper binding strip 12, but also to serve as an abdominal supportto resist the action of the body of the corset on the abdomen by way offorcing the same downwardly. It resists such action of the corset andcarries or supports the abdomen. It is made wider than the strip 12 andso as to fit the front part of the body and have an upward lift. It ispreferably secured to the corset at its rear ends by buckles and straps21, and is held in place at the middle by the central hose supporters 11that pass through the horizontal slot 22 in said strip. These hosesupporters are secured at their upper ends to the lower end of thecorset, and therefore the strip 20 cannot rise as it would if it werenot held down by said hose supporters. At each end of the slot 22 thereis a vertical reinforcing strip 23 to preventthe slot from tearing. Inorder to get the right draw or pull of the strip 20 on the abdomen, itis provided at each side with a vertical gore 24 from the lower edge ofthe strip up to the lower end of the corset, or thereabout, and thestrip 20 is drawn into shape by laces 15, so that said strip 20 can beadjusted to the abdomen satisfactorily by said lacing. The hosesupporters perform the function of holding the lower end of the corsetdown in place, and that action cooperates wit-h the action of theabdominal support 20 for holding it in place and preventing it fromrising or drawing upwardly too strongly.

The modified form of the binding strip 12 is shown in Fig. 3, wherehooks and eyes 30 are substituted for lacing.

The modified form of the lower binding strip 20 is shown in Fig. 4:,where elastic insertions 31 are made in the lower part on each side ofthe strip, so that it will be yielding at all times.

The hose supporters 11 at the rear are suspended from therear ends ofthe strip 20, so as to hold the strip and corset down without pressingon any of the soft parts of the body.

It is seen from the foregoing that either the upper or lower bindingstrips or both can be added to the ordinary corset without very muchdifliculty, or they may be constructed with the corset in the firstinstance. They are in the nature of additions to the corset.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of a corset body, hose supporters suspending from thelower front end thereof, a binding strip extending about the sides andfront of the corset body at the lower end, having a slot in the frontthereof through which the hose supporters extend, and projecting belowthe corset body to form an abdominal support, and whereby the front ofsaid strip is held in place, means for securing the ends of said stripin place, and a lacing for tightening the lower portion of said strip.

2. The combination of a corset body, a binding strip extending acrossthe sides and front of the corset body at the lower end thereof andprojecting below the corset body to form an abdominal support, means forsecuring the ends of said binding strip to the corset body, means forholding down the front of said binding strip, a lacing for adjusting thetightness of the strip on the body, and hose supporters suspending fromthe lower rear portion of the strip.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

G. H. BOINK, O. M. MOLAUGHLIN.

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